Abu Dhabi -17 April 2012 - Leading systems integrator and IT Solutions provider ITQAN Al-Bawardi Computers was presented with a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Sales Department of the Year - Computer Services category in the sixth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service this week.
The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world's top sales awards, contact center awards, and customer service awards. The Stevie Awards organizes several of the world's leading business awards shows including the prestigious American Business AwardsSM and International Business AwardsSM.
Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for "crowned," the trophies were presented to honorees during a gala banquet on Monday, February 27 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. More than 350 nominated customer service and sales executives from the U.S.A. and several other countries attended. The presentations were broadcast live by the Business TalkRadio Network.
More than 1,000 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted to this year's competition, an increase of almost 30% over 2011. Finalists were determined by the average scores of 93 professionals worldwide, acting as preliminary judges. Entries were considered in 27 categories for customer service professionals, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year; 38 categories for sales professionals, ranging from Senior Sales Executive of the Year to Sales Training or Coaching Program of the Year to Sales Department of the Year of the Year; and categories to recognize new products and services and solution providers.
More than 100 members of seven specialized judging committees determined Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists during final judging this year.
"It is certainly an honour to have been recognized by a prestigious international award such as the Stevie Awards," stated Feras Al Jabi, General Manager of ITQAN, "ITQAN has always strived to be at the top of its game, our team of dedicated and qualified IT professionals - in addition to a corporate culture of firsts - contributed to ITQAN being the first company in UAE to receive a Stevie award, I am particularly proud of our sales team for this great achievement in Sales and Customer Service, I appreciate their efforts in facing the daily challenges in such a constantly evolving market such as IT"
"We're delighted to kick off our celebration of the 10th year of the Stevie Awards movement with the 2012 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer, which is the first program in which we conferred Silver and Bronze Stevie Awards," said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. "It's gratifying and inspiring to have received so many remarkable entries for this year's competition."
"ITQAN boasts a large number of local awards in addition to many international awards, and it's really interesting to see a company from the UAE make a ripple in the international IT world, playing side by side with the industry giants. I would like to congratulate our Sales team who are spread in our offices all across UAE covering Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Al Ain and the Western region", said Rola Al Satari, Accreditation, Quality & Communications Manager at ITQAN.
Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of Stevie winners in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/sales.
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About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.
Sponsors and supporters of the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include American Support, the Business TalkRadio Network, Coloredge Los Angeles * New York, Competence Call Center, SDL and ValueSelling Associates.
ITQAN
ITQAN is the UAE leading systems integrator known for providing Enterprise clients with world-class solutions addressing their local business needs. ITQAN offers state of the art technologies including: Portals & Content Management solutions, Imaging, Archiving, Document Management & Workflow Automation solutions, Healthcare Information solutions, Enterprise Resource Planning, Infrastructure solutions & Customer Relationship Management. ITQAN is a member of Al Bawardi Enterprises, Established in 1984 as Al Bawardi computers.
As the market evolved, ITQAN re-positioned its portfolio offerings and re-structured the organization from a hardware reseller to focus on application solutions. Today, ITQAN is the preferred local systems integrator and application solutions provider for major market sectors.
Quality has always been a driver to ITQAN. ITQAN is an ISO 9001-2000, ISO/IEC 20000 and ISO 27001 certified company, it has received numerous quality and excellence awards such as : The Best Systems Integrator of the Year 2007 (Arab Technology Awards), the Best ICT Company (Arab Technology Awards 2006), Microsoft Winning Customer Award in 2006 & 2004, and ITQAN was the first systems integrator in the region to achieve Sheikh Khalifa Appreciation certificate in 2005 - 2006, Gulf Excellence Forum Award in 2000 & Dubai Quality Appreciation Award as the IT Company of the Year in 1998.
Website: www.itqan.ae
For more information please call:
Rola Al-Satari
ITQAN Al Bawardi Computers
Tel: +971 4 3354200
Fax: +971 4 3354100
Email: rola.satari@itqan.ae
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